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Yamaha RX-V1900 HDMI switching video upconversion with Remote and Power Cord Tested and radio played to speakers, not all plugs/modes tested, remote works well and lights up with digital display I will take this unit,cord and remote down to Fed Ex and have them ship in double wall box with fragile shipping upgrade in 24 x 24 x 18 box - this is included in the shipping cost you pay at checkout ($25 value) Original Retail Price $1399 check this out for manual usa.yamaha.com/files/download/other_assets/3/334293/RX-V1900_U.pdf The RX-V1900 is more attractive than the V861 ever hoped to be. It looks more like Pioneers Elite offerings than a traditional Yamaha receiver and this is a good thing. The façade is clean, elegant and the manual interface is much easier to use day to day than of past Yamaha receivers. The numerous logos and third-party peripherals, whose logos adorn the trapdoor, let you know this babys loaded with goodies. Additional Resources Explore other top A/V Receivers at HomeTheaterReview.com Discuss A/V Receivers at hometheaterequipment.com Find your nearest Yamaha dealer For starters, the RX-V1900 features four HDMI 1.3a inputs mated to a single HDMI monitor out. The RX-V1900 can upsample all signals to 1080p, whether analog or digital, and pass them through the single HDMI monitor out. It supports deep color and 120Hz/24Hz refresh rates, which is important, given the number of 120Hz displays that are coming out these days. The RX-V1900 has video processing by way of Anchor Bay and their VRS chipset, which is far superior (in my opinion) to Faroudjas DCDi chips. There are numerous legacy connection options, all of which can be upscaled, though with four HDMI inputs on tap, you should be good for the time being. The RX-V1900 is satellite- and Internet radio-ready and even has Bluetooth compatibility. The RX-V1900 boasts 130 watts across all seven of its channels and features Yamahas own Digital ToP-ART high-current amplification. Surround sound processing, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio, comes standard, as do the numerous and often helpful proprietary DSPs from Yamaha. One DSP worth noting is Yamahas Compressed Music Enhancer, which is designed to boost the perceived quality of low bit-rate MP3s like the ones found on iTunes. Speaking of iPods, the RX-V1900 lets you browse your iPod contents on its front panel display via an optional iPod dock from Yamaha. Getting back to overall surround sound performance, the RX-V1900 has Yamahas version of auto room EQ, called YPAO. YPAO works much in the same way as the competition in theory, but my listening test showed it to be far more thorough and less apt to suck all the bass from your room. Competition and Comparison Compare the Yamaha RX-V1900 against its competition by reading our reviews for the Onkyo TX-SR805 receiver and the Sony STR-DA3300ES receiver. A great deal of information can be found by visiting our All Things AV Receiver section, as well as out Yamaha brand page. Yamaha-RX-V1900-reciever.gif High Points • Yamahas signature sound has always been a bit livelier and in your face, compared to say Onkyo, Denon or Marantz, which is the case with the RX-V1900. While it can be tamed with DSP or manual EQ adjustments, I personally like it and find it more involving and dynamic, especially with uncompressed audio codecs, which is where the RX-V1900 truly shines. • The RX-V1900 has surround sound performance that rivals separates with enough quality power on tap to power large speakers to concert levels. The RX-V1900s overall soundstage and spatial separation is to die for, giving you one of the best multi-channel receivers in the game today, regardless of price. • The RX-V1900s do-it-all video upconversion/processing is nice, given that so many other manufacturers proclaim their products to be all-powerful, only to stumble in the fine print. This is a HD-content lovers dream receiver. • Clean, sophisticated good looks with easy to use daily controls (once setup) make this a long-term lover, rather than an upgrade junky fling. • The RX-V1900 YPAO auto EQ is far superior-sounding to anything youll get from Audyssey. • Normally I despise tricky DSPs like Hall or Rock Concert, though with the RX-V1900, they all sort of work. The Compressed Music Enhancer is a sheer work of genius.
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